Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-28
ROUGH CUSTOMERS.

q hot CaHse Ia Limestone County Aft+r r
supposed Fugitive Pals Jai I'd
Special to the Gazette.
MEXIA, Ten, Aug. 21-Mr j. L. PAY
Ter diEcoFeted OF going 70 MS pasture in
The western suburbs Il to1G this morn
Jig that some one had stolen tie large
tarpauIin re had covering his twerty-ton
rack CT millet. Ga investigation he found
the tracks, which ne traced to the main
road, where they we're lost After going
come dieteUce westward n came back
20 town and iyfIrmed City
Marshal Hard and Constable Lewis, who
at once suspected come parties who have
been camping Of the Penn camp grounds
springs, six miles west of heYe, for the
past two or three weeks, and wera
rather tough looking Customers.
They at once proceeded &c the
camp. They found two men, Tom
snd Ben 2riDgle, and arrested them ard
discovered the tsrpaulin torn or ripped
apart and ii the two wagons clcs2 by
Che tent. Piscng the TWO men in q bug
~ With Constable Lewis, Captain Hard
took one OF their horses and marched
them toward town. When near VII
iamS' gin, TWO miles from tow1,
they saw 9 nan approaching.
When about 200 wards CT
the man turned cut Of the road. CaptGi;.
Hard knowing MIN to be enc CT the g4uG,
struck out to head hiTn eff enc ceI!ed to
hial 10 hold up his hands, when the laan
reached deliberately down into his sad
Glabag5 and got out pistol and coz
meEccd uri3g 1t the Captain. After he had
feed tTo shots Captain Hard fir q
Of him with . Winchester life, ihe2
Jumped of bj9 horse end fred again. The
man put spurs 10 his horse going down
6 Iavine between Watson ana toWn.
Captain Bard ran his horse ground
through n grotown and his horse gave
out when rear tie mouth Of HGacGc&
lace, when &c EsW the man en-
teriog TIE lane about 200 yards
ahead OF him. Ogertaking MI
Niles OF Tehusc2us, Captain Hard
borrowed fresh horse aId renewed the
chase, firing two OF three times as he ran.
Tne mar seeing he Was being outdiS-
tanced, leaped from his horse tile Cap
tain stlll firing at him, pulled the bride
of his horse, leaving i in the road, Sud
Jumped over The fence into Hanc1ck'3
corn patch. He ran down g row about
twenty feet, turned and came back 10
inc fence, lsid his pistol on rail, took
deliberate aim O. Captain Hard and fired
| Captain Hard answered with his Win
chester, when the man fred @ second
time aud ran down the corn row. Captain
Hard followed some distance, bur lost
sight OF the man, end being overcome
wiGh tHhaustion had to stop. Word YVES
Immediately sent back to town for more
armed men and about twenty left for the
field OF ac;i, n. Thy returned about .
o'clock tonight falling to get tie
man Or even get sight CT
him. The grass in the field
is about kaee high, and night coming on
it is supposed he hiss pulled his freight.
Your reporter learns that the fleeing par
tvs nsme is Charley Anderson. He is
dark complicated from being su9buEnt, is
about thirty years Ole, h.s light hair and
mustache and large blue eyes, weighs
about 10 pounds had On q gray colOred
cowboy hat, bGGad bTirn, nQre blue cot
ton SHIFT end blue c3ttoas3a psnts
stuffed in his boots He had no coat aaG
I had lost his hit in tAe chase. He is dirty
aud rough locking, generally. lie las s
seer CT his cheek end several On n.
rl5at arm, {. right finger is 3urated open
aud sore. He eold party bzfore leaving
town he would ret DC arrested, but would
die first.
The two arrested we're pa. u taa Gals
boose, are brothers Ismed ION and
Ben Prirgle. Tom is dark com
plected, black hair and eyes,
about SIX feet bigb, snail
moustacle, eight shout 160 Ben las the
same complexion, light rsir, weighs
about $50. They have in their camp :
young woman, the wife OF Tom, anG an
old lsdy the mother, verg t&ll aad bony.
The men are doing little or no work sirce
here, ard gambli. = with negcces. TheY
ere believed to be fugitlges from justice,
and to have worked their games II Cot
In, Cherokee and Ereth counties.